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Commission Grants Clearance For Farmlands To Acquire Seales Winslow

Thursday, 4 April 2024, 10:39 am | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited to acquire 100% of the shares of Seales Winslow Limited. More >>

Disruptive Forces Needed To Drive Change In NZ’s Personal Banking Sector

Thursday, 21 March 2024, 9:17 am | Commerce Commission

The country’s first competition study into personal banking services has revealed a two-tier sector with limited competition and no disruptive forces to drive change and deliver consumer benefits. Commerce Commission Chair, John Small, says that the ... More >>

Commission To Issue Statement Of Issues On Proposed Foodstuffs Merger

Monday, 18 March 2024, 4:10 pm | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has decided to issue a Statement of Issues for the application from Foodstuffs North Island Limited and Foodstuffs South Island Limited seeking clearance to merge. The Statement of Issues will be published on the Commission’s ... More >>

Commission Reviews Past Merger Decisions To Assess Competitive Impacts

Thursday, 29 February 2024, 3:13 pm | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has released a report of its findings following a review of 13 merger applications assessed between 2014 and 2019.  Merger clearance decisions require a forward-looking assessment of the risk that competition will ... More >>

Commission Grants Clearance For St John To Acquire Medical Alarm And Monitoring Assets From Securely

Thursday, 29 February 2024, 2:36 pm | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for The Priory in New Zealand of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (St John) to acquire certain assets relating to the medical alarm and monitoring business, which includes ... More >>

Formal Warning For The Lines Company Outages – Focus On Recovery Plan

Thursday, 29 February 2024, 10:46 am | Commerce Commission

In the wake of multiple outages and the failure to meet minimum quality standards, the Commerce Commission has accepted enforceable undertakings from The Lines Company Limited (TLC), which connects 18,000 electricity customers throughout the King Country, ... More >>

Commission Confirms Greater Transparency Requirements For Lines Companies As Energy Transition Continues

Thursday, 29 February 2024, 9:16 am | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has published its final decision on the changes to information New Zealand’s local lines companies must disclose publicly as they adapt to an increasing demand on their networks, driven in large part by New Zealand’s commitment ... More >>

Statement Of Issues Released For NZ Post’s Application To Acquire Certain Courier Business Assets Of PBT

Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 4:28 pm | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has published a Statement of Issues relating to an application from NZ Post seeking clearance for it to acquire PBT Group Limited’s existing contracts with businesses who have signed contracts to use PBT’s courier services. The Statement ... More >>

CC Approves Nearly $400m Investment To Strengthen Grid, With Transpower To Provide Timing Assurance On Cable Spend

Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 9:17 am | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has approved Transpower’s proposed $392.9 million investment in the national grid, and is satisfied that the identified need to strengthen the electricity transmission system over the next decade is in the long term interests ... More >>

Some Cause For Optimism In Aurora's Network Progress - But Unplanned Outages Remain A Concern

Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 11:49 am | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has today reported that Aurora Energy Limited (Aurora) has complied with all of its price and quality regulatory obligations in year two of its five-year customised pricequality path (CPP). However, the Commission has ... More >>

ComCom Calls For Banks To Pick Up The Pace On Payment Options

Thursday, 22 February 2024, 2:35 pm | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has issued an Open Letter to participants of New Zealand’s retail payment system setting its expectations of the industry to deliver a more competitive environment that can give Kiwis new options to pay for goods and services.  ... More >>

Commission Consulting On Financing Step-change In Electricity Lines Investment

Thursday, 22 February 2024, 9:39 am | Commerce Commission

With New Zealand's electricity networks facing increasing demand, the Commerce Commission is consulting on how the framework for its upcoming price-quality decision considers the financing of necessary investment. Driven by a combination of factors, including ... More >>

Statement Of Preliminary Issues Released For Payments NZ’s Application Seeking Authorisation To Further Develop Its Open Banking Framework

Monday, 12 February 2024, 1:23 pm | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Payments NZ Limited (Payments NZ) seeking authorisation to work with API providers and third parties to develop arrangements that, according ... More >>

“Whistleblowing” Could Help Focus Grocery Commissioner’s Work

Thursday, 8 February 2024, 10:06 am | Commerce Commission

A new anonymous “whistleblower” tool launched by the Grocery Commissioner is designed to lift the lid on practices and conduct that may be hampering competition in the $25 billion sector. Grocery Commissioner, Pierre van Heerden, says the tool, ... More >>

Statement Of Issues Released For Farmlands’ Proposed Acquisition Of Seales Winslow

Wednesday, 7 February 2024, 7:52 pm | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has published a statement of issues relating to an application from Farmlands Co-operative Society Limited seeking clearance to acquire 100% of the shares of Seales Winslow Limited. Both parties manufacture and distribute animal ... More >>

Statement Of Issues Released For AlphaTheta’s Proposed Acquisition Of Serato

Wednesday, 7 February 2024, 6:54 pm | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has published a Statement of Issues relating to an application from AlphaTheta seeking clearance to acquire Serato. The Statement of Issues outlines the Commission’s potential competition issues with the acquisition following its ... More >>

Commission Amends Copper Withdrawal Code To Enhance Consumer Protection

Monday, 5 February 2024, 9:49 am | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has reviewed and amended the Copper Withdrawal Code (the Code ) to better protect the interests of Kiwi consumers. The Code sets out the minimum requirements that Chorus, the provider of the national copper network, must meet ... More >>

Statement Of Issues Released For One NZ’s Application To Acquire Dense Air

Friday, 2 February 2024, 9:56 am | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has published a statement of issues relating to an application from One New Zealand Group Limited seeking clearance to acquire 100% of the shares in Dense Air New Zealand Limited from Dense Air Limited and SoftBank Corp. The Statement ... More >>

Commission Seeks Feedback On Issues For Transpower's Expenditure Proposal

Thursday, 25 January 2024, 4:57 pm | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has today released a paper outlining the key issues it will focus on as it works to set expenditure and quality levels for Transpower from 2025. As the operator of New Zealand’s National Grid, Transpower is subject to price-quality ... More >>

Christchurch Airport Pricing Decisions "reasonable" Says Commission

Thursday, 25 January 2024, 10:35 am | Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission has today published its final report on Christchurch International Airport Limited’s 2022 – 2027 price setting event and has concluded that the airport’s estimated cost of capital and target profit are reasonable. Commissioner ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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